About: Google's news aggregator
For other uses, see Google News & Weather.
Google's initiative to support journalists
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox website Google News is a news aggregator service developed by Google. It presents a continuous flow of links to articles organized from thousands of publishers and magazines. Google News is available as an app on Android, iOS, and the Web.
Google released a beta version in September 2002 and the official app in January 2006.[1] The initial idea was developed by Krishna Bharat.[2][3]
The service has been described as the world's largest news aggregator.[4] In 2020, Google announced they would be spending $1 billion to work with publishers to create Showcases.[5]
References
- ↑ Krishna Bharat, "And now, News", The Official Google Blog, January 23, 2006. "We're taking Google News out of beta! When we launched the English-language edition in September 2002, we entered untested waters with a grand experiment in news browsing – using computers to organize the world's news in real time and providing a bird's eye view of what's being reported on virtually any topic. By presenting news "clusters" (related articles in a group), we thought it would encourage readers to get a broader perspective by digging deeper into the news – reading ten articles instead of one, perhaps – and then gain a better understanding of the issues, which could ultimately benefit society. A bit more than three years later, we offer 22 regional editions in 10 languages, and have a better sense of how people use Google News". Accessed June 19, 2008.
- ↑ Google News to Publishers: Let's Make Love Not War, Glaser, Mark. PBS(February 4, 2010). Retrieved April 2, 2010.
- ↑ Google Friends Newsletter – Q&A with Krishna Bharat(July 2003). Retrieved April 4, 2009.
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- ↑ Google is spending $1 billion to bring you a new Google News feature. Android Police(1 October 2020). Retrieved 5 October 2020.